Records on United States Information Agency (USIA)

FOIA 1998-0001-F contains materials from agencies and individuals including the United States Information Agency (USIA) which is responsible for the U.S. government's overseas information and cultural programs; and the Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Marti, which are programs under the jurisdiction of the USIA. During the Bush Administration, the directors of the USIA were Bruce Gelb and Henry Catto. 1998-0001-F 2 The White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Alphabetical Files contain letters from the general public concerning USIA policies, and several notes between Bruce Gelb and President and Mrs. Bush. The WHORM Subject File categories contain correspondence; memoranda; news clippings; and brochures from the general public, Congress, and the Bush administration. WHORM Subject File FG298 concerns the USIA, including personnel matters, budgets, polling data from foreign countries, and the U.S. involvement in the 1992 World Exposition. WHORM Subject File FG298-01 contains material related to the Voice of America including personnel matters, Radio Marti, reduction of broadcasts, and VOA's role in the Serbo-Croatian dispute. Letters from Congress and the public as well as some internal memoranda are present. The Staff and Office Files contain correspondence, memoranda, and publications maintained by individual staff members and offices. The files of Doug Adair, a White House contact for USIA, consist of memos from USIA Director Bruce Gelb concerning suggestions and information on USIA programs. Office of National Service Miscellaneous Files includes a transcript of a speech by Director Henry Catto in which he discusses the role of volunteers in USIA's International Visitors Program. Throughout the staff files are USIA brochures, reports, and information concerning Administration officials who were interviewed for USIA media programs. Vernon Parker files include reports from Radio Marti's Advisory Council. Media Affairs Miscellaneous Files contains results of a USIA survey of foreign nations concerning the Gulf War and reports of the Iraqi disinformation campaign (ca. Jan - Feb. 1991). Additional Gulf War information is included in Ed Goldstein's files, including a summary of each nation's actions toward Iraq as of October 1990. Read less